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Ticket Sales Legitimize Scalping
That ticket scalper on the corner may be moving online. Well, perhaps not, but
the secondary market for tickets has made the shift, and it's resulted in more
reliable and safe transactions for consumers. Companies like TicketsNow.com and
StubHub promise on-time delivery, stable pricing, and act to turn away counterfeiters
and con artists.
MySQL
Named As Possible Acquisition Target
As corporations continue to merge, sell out, and gobble each other up, analysts
have identified the next likely targets in the software world: MySQL and Linux.
The
Overthrow of Times New Roman?
For the last ten years, Times New Roman has been the default font on Microsoft
Word. And that has made it the "standard" that most people use, especially
those that are strictly home PC users.
Your
Search Ad Gets A Zero
After carefully crafting a new ad for Google AdWords, the search ad receives no
impressions and no clicks; before giving up in despair, read this.
Yahoo
Tags MyWeb With New Features
Social bookmarking has been the focus of the latest updates to Yahoo's MyWeb service;
also, the site shows off a new design look for its users.
Google
Spreading Out A Spreadsheet
June 6th will see the limited beta preview of Google's online spreadsheet program
made available from the company's Google Labs development section.
Yahoo
Answering Users Again
A scheduled database upgrade took a turn for the worse for the Yahoo Answers team,
but the group valiantly overcame the problem and returned the site to working
order. Every so often I'm reminded why writing about technology issues is a lot
more fun...
Google's
AJAX Search API Says 'Hello, World'
Google has released a downloadable beta version of its AJAX Search API, a javascript
library that allows webmasters to embed inline Google searches (Web, local, video,
and blog) in web pages, blogs, and other applications alongside existing content.
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News stories and blog posts have begun to fill with the carillon of funeral bells for Microsoft as Google readies its minimalist spreadsheet program for public debut.
Editor's Note: Does Google's launch of a free web-based spreadsheet
program offer some benefit for your business? Is the free price point enough to
overcome your concerns about hosting private data on Google's servers? Chart it
out for us at WebProWorld.
 Here
is a selection of eye-catching headlines seen online about the pending debut of
Google
Spreadsheet from the search engine company:
Google adds web-based spreadsheet to Microsoft woes
Google Spreadsheets takes aim at Excel
Google unveiling Excel competitor
Coming soon: Google Spreadsheet. @SUM(trouble) for Microsoft's bottom line?
Microsoft has been having plenty of trouble on its own, between delays in releasing the Vista operating system and being forced to change some unpopular policies with its human resources processes. Now we have the image of a Google monster stalking the P&L statements of Microsoft while wearing a bladed glove and a red-and-black sweater.
"Mr. Ballmer, your 9 am with Mr. Englund from Google is here."
While the threat that is Google Spreadsheets does have some stylish good looks, as far as we can tell from the limited screenshots that appear in its sneak peek, there's one thing that the product definitely isn't, and that's Excel.
What Google Spreadsheets presents is a way to craft a multi-columned list of information, and a way to easily share that list with others. The service has not been activated yet to allow for a closer look at its formulas, though a link to them appears at the top of a spreadsheet.
A tabbed interface will let the user switch between formatting the spreadsheet, sorting the information, and accessing those formulas. Google also included the ability to invite other people to view a created spreadsheet or to edit it in real time with an accompanying chat window running.
The service supports Microsoft IE 6 as well as Firefox 1.07 and up on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Browser-based access over the web enables the ability to edit a spreadsheet created on Google's service from multiple computers.
That remote accessibility probably precludes the service from being used on an enterprise level. The ever-present threat of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations would be cause for lots of uncomfortable audit questions should someone decide that storing information at Google doesn't satisfy SOX requirements.
 Google
Spreadsheets looks interesting, and we're looking forward to playing with it when
Google starts inviting people into the controlled beta. But without advanced features
like macros or pivot tables, Google's newest Lab experiment just isn't close to
Microsoft Excel.
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The Web as an advertising medium is vastly underexploited in light of a unique
new study revealing that Web usage dominates all other media in daily use. Additionally,
the study found, chronic Web surfers tend to spend more freely than TV watchers.
Editor's Note:
Do you feel the Internet could be leveraged for even more advertising purposes?
In light of the news about the Web being the number 1 media, what do you feel
can be done to take advantage of these advertising opportunities? Discuss your
thoughts at WebProWorld.
The research, commissioned by the Online Publishers Association and conducted by Ball State University's Center for Media Design, tracked real-time media use of 350 people, recording their media interaction four times per minute. The results reveal the Web as a dominant force in media consumption as the only medium that ranks in the top two at both work and home. Predictably, Web use at work crushes television consumption, with a 54.6% reach, compared to television's 21.1%.
"Industry data shows that the Web takes up between 20 and 25 percent of consumers' overall media time, but attracts about 8 percent of advertising dollars," said Pam Horan, OPA president.
"While advertisers have been steadily moving to the Web in recent years, this
research indicates the shift should be on a much faster pace. As a mass media
with a powerful ability to extend the impact of all media, the Web clearly offers
tremendous untapped advertising opportunities."
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Re-ignition of the Google Sandbox Discussion
Whether or not you believe in the Google Sandbox may be a moot point, especially
with what some are referring to as a new type of sandbox for developers and webmasters
alike to deal with. If you've been following allowing along with the Big Daddy
update, you should be aware that Google is really focusing on reducing the amount
of search engine result spam (things like AdSense farm sites and doorway pages).
One of the methods being used is to limit the crawl of a site if it meets certain
criteria. It seems as if one of our WPW posters fell victim to Google's new approach.
Check out what's being said and see if you agree with the idea of a new Google
Sandbox.
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Drop
in Pages Indexed During Sandbox Period?
Recently traffic dropped from google. As the site is 7 months old, I can understand
that this site is affected by google sand box. From 10 hits a day to now it is
0 from google. My main concern is why some many inner pages are dropped from google
index.
Up until the month of April a search like site:www.sitename.com was giving around
60 pages, but now it is showing 4 pages only.
Most of the inner pages are not shown even with site specific search. Is it common
during sandbox period or there is something wrong with my site?
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What is the best type of affiliate program to start with? One that promotes a
single product (or just a few) i.e. dental plan, e-books, finance help etc. Or
is it better to affiliate with a online mall type company?
- Chiefos
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